Wall-bracket.



R. E. GOON.

WALL BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED 0013, 191s.

1,090,687., Patented Mar. 17', 1914.

RAY E. COON, 0F YATES, rNEW YORK.

WALL-BRACKET.

Leanser.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY E. Cocina citizen of the United States, and residing at town of Yates, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wall brackets and more especially to a hinged bracket for a folding wall table.

An object of the invention is the provision of a bracket adapted for use in pairs having a novel form of hinged and linked strut operating with the folding of the bracket.

A further object of the device is to provide a bracket support for a table by which the table is automatically locked in its Open lhorizontal position uponbeing elevated to such position.A I,

A still further object is to provide brackets that will substantially inclose the folding strut within the leaves of the hinge members when the bracket is closed.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as they nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsbereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the. appended claims.

In the drawings forming apart of this application and in which like reference characters designateI corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a perspective View of one of the improved brackets. Fig. 2 is`a front view of aV table A Awall in opened position illustrating the employment of two brackets supporting the same. Fig.v3 is a side view o the structure shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the bracket in its closed position, and, Figs. 5 and .6 are detail views of the lock hinge for the strut in locked and unlocked positions respectively.

Referring in .detail to the drawings, it

may be first noted that the hinged automatically locking bracket now devised is primarily designed to supportashelf or wall table 10, upon a support or wall 11, an desired number of brackets being employed for such means, such as two, as disclosed in Fig. 2. The leaves 12'and 13 of the bracket are formed of angle metal and secured together by a hinge such as 14, the attach- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llllai. 17, 1914.

Application filed October 3, 1913. Serial N o. 793,181.

ment of the bracket leaves to thel wall and table belng accomplished in any desired and well-known manner. The said angular leaves having one of their sides thus attached to the wall and table respectively. their other sides 15 mustvoutwardly prol ject f ro-m such supporting members and said sides 15 are oppositely positioned and when the bracket is closed, form an elongated inclosure substantially rectangular in cross-section as shown in Fig. 4. lA locking strut or brace is pivoted between said pro1 jecting sides 15 of the bracket leaves, the said strut consisting of an upper member 16 pivoted as at 1 7 to the upper leaf and also includes the lower member 18 hinged to the leaf 12 as at 19. The said upper strut member 16is provided at a pointl slightly removed from its free end with'a projecting headed pin 20 slidably positioned in the slot 21 adjacent. the free end of the lower member 18 and permanently retained in said slot by means of its head.V Said upper member being angular in cross-section, the side thereof which is pivoted to the bracket leaf has the said pin 20 mounted thereon while the other side of said strut member has its free end provided with an inwardly projecting fnotch orrslot 22. The lower strut member 18 is formed of a metallic U-shaped bar having its opposite sides cut-away obliquely from the opposite ends of the strut. v The headed projecting stud 24` is positioned adjacent the free end of the lower member 18 and upon the base of said member and is adapted to slidably receive the said slot 22 beneath the head of said stud.

The lconstruction of the strut, it will be apparent from the drawin s, is such that the same will hinge medial y as illustrated in Fig. 6 upon removing the notch 22.f rom the stud 24, its members hinging upon the stud 20 sliding longitudinally within the slot 21 for the pur ose of releasing the notch 22 from the stu 24 and whereupon the bracket and its supported member will is only necessary to elevate the upper leaf 13 `of the bracket or the table 10 to its uppermost point when the struts will assume their (continuous position and by reason of the weight of the supported member and upper strut member, the notch 22 will engage with' the stud 24 and lock the bracket as well as its table in the open position. The form of the strut members is not only material to the and inwhatmanner the same is designed foruse, what I claim as new and .desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A bracket comprising angular leaves hinged together, one angularsand one U` shaped strut member, one of each being pivoted to the projecting side of said leaves and an interlocking 4s idable connection between said strut members.

2. A bracket comprising angular leaves, an angle metal strut member pivoted t0 the proj ecting side of one of said leaves and havlng a notch in its free end, a U-shaped strut member pivoted at one end through all of said leaves and having a slot adjacent its free end, a headed stud carried upon saidv upper member and slidingly secured in said slot, and a stud upon the free end of said lower lstrut member adapted for removable f engagement with said notch.

3. A device of the class described comprisingtwo anglemetal leaves hinged'together, the projecting sides of said leaves being oppositely positioned, an angle metal strut member pivoted to the projecting side of said upper leaf, a channel metal strut member pivoted to the opposite projecting side of .said other leaf, and a sliding interlocked hinge between said strut members.

4. A device of theclass described comprising two angle metal leaves hinged together, the projecting sides of said leaves being oppositely positioned, an angle metal strut member pivoted to the projecting side of said upper leaf, a channel metal strut member pivoted to the opposite projecting side of said other leaf, a sliding interlocked hinge between .said strut members, said upper strut member provided with a stud upon one side thereof and a notch at the end of its other side, saidelower. strut member pro- `vided with a slo-t slidably-mounted upon said stud and" also having a headed stud vupon another one of .its sides adapted for the reception of said notch beneaththe head thereof upon the open position of said strut and bracket. A.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAY E. CON.

Witnesses:

ERNEST S. BREED, CHARLES F. MELAND. 

